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5 things to practice every day to improve your English communication skills
5 things to practice every day to improve your English communication skills
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(upbeat music) - Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy.
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Today I'm going to talk to you about five things
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that you can practise every single day to improve your English.
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Learning a language is like learning to play a musical instrument,
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you can't just pick up a violin and know how to play it,
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or at least I didn't when I learned the violin.
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You have to practise a little bit every singe day,
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and over time you will improve and become fluent.
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You can't just practise loads the day before an exam
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and expect to be perfect at playing
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that violin,
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it's exactly the same for languages.
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The best way to learn a language is to practise a little bit every
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single day.
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And in this lesson I'm going to give you five different ways
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that you can incorporate English,
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or any other language, into your daily life.
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I think that quite a few of these you wouldn't have heard before.
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So let's get straight into it.
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Number one, and ugh I am so excited to be able to mention,
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one of my favourite things to listen to ever on my channel,
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my first piece of advice is to follow an audio soap-opera.
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What is a soap-opera I hear you ask, well I shall tell you.
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A soap-opera is a daily serial, or series,
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dealing with the daily lives and events of the same group of characters,
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normally in the same location.
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Most commonly they are on television.
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We have lots in the UK like Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale,
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but I'm recommending you listen to an audio one.
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And there's one in particular I would like to recommend.
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I really, really recommend a radio soap-opera by the BBC Radio four,
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called The Archers.
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The Archers.
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The Archers.
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It's special for so many reasons,
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not least because it is the longest running drama in history,
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it was started in 1950, first aired in 1951,
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and also because I think it is absolutely perfect for English learners.
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It follows the daily lives
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and dramas of a group of fictional characters in the fictional countryside village of
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Ambridge.
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Each episode is around 12 to 14 minutes long,
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I'm not quite sure exactly how long, but it's definitely under 15 minutes.
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It's spoken in relatively clear English, in a variety of British accents,
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and sometimes not British accents as well, other accents.
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But it's fantastic because the plot summaries are posted on the BBC website.
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I will link all of this below in the description box.
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And the great thing about this is
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that it deals with daily happenings
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which is great for your life too,
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current events, routine things, and you can repeat all of the parts you missed.
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It's on every single day apart from Saturday, they have a rest,
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and once a week they condense all of the week's episodes into one
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and that's called an omnibus,
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and that's around 75 minutes long.
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I love listening to The Archers when I go running.
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I listen to it every single day
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and if I miss one I always catch up.
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There is no beginning and there is no finish to the series,
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there aren't any seasons.
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So it might take you a couple of episodes to get used to the
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story lines and to work out who is who
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and to recognise the different voices.
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Give it five or six episodes and you'll feel really included.
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It's wonderful because it's free to listen to, it's beautifully produced,
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and there is a huge community of Archers fans.
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A lot of them are older, but a lot of them are younger too.
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And if you search hashtag The Archers on Twitter, big tip here,
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you'll see lots of people talking
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and discussing the topics of the episode
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and maybe you can interact with them.
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So I'm going to leave the links for The Archers episodes
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and also the plot summaries in the description box,
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and I really hope some of you take up this opportunity to listen to
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a daily English audio soap-opera. 10 to 15 minutes every day is definitely gonna
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help your listening,
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it's going to help your pronunciation.
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It's just gonna help your general enjoyment as well 'cause it's a great programme.
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Right, before I get too passionate,
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let's move on to piece of advice number two.
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So number two is talk daily with natives.
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Now I bet so many of you are thinking uh I wish,
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I would love to talk to natives every day,
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but I don't know how
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and no one seems to want to talk to me.
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Well I have a couple of suggestions.
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One is paid for and one is free, and the best thing,
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in my opinion, So a combination of both paid for classes
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and language exchanges would be amazing
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because you can take what you learned
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and heard in the language exchange
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and verify it with your teacher for an extra layer of security to make
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sure that you're not making any mistakes.
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Now on to tip number three.
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Set yourself a daily word goal.
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Learn x amount of words every single day.
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This tip is really important because it also links to tip number four.
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I have mentioned this strategy in a previous video,
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but I actually have a really important extra layer to this strategy
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that I would like to discuss with you.
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In order to build your vocabulary quickly,
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you need to learn at least one new word per day,
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but hopefully more than that.
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I've spoken to you before about keeping a word diary
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or just a notebook
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or a list on your phone,
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keep it with you all the time and always be aware wherever you are,
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do I know that word in English?
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Do I know how to say that in English?
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You might see a tree,
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do I know how to say that specific variety of tree in English?
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If you don't write it down in your own language in this book,
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in this list, and then at the end of the day,
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before you go to sleep,
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research all of these words and translate them into English.
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It will help you train your brain to always be hungry for English.
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After a few weeks you will always be looking for new words
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that you can learn,
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words that you didn't even realise you didn't know.
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Now there is something else
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that you can do with these words
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and this brings me on to point number four.
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Write a daily journal with a difference.
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Depending on your level, I would buy a paper journal or diary.
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I get so tired in the evening I can't spend loads
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and loads of time writing,
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so I personally would buy a work week planner
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or a homework planner
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or a study planner where you've got all seven days across two pages.
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In each of those days I would write three
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or four sentences about my day trying to incorporate those words
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that I learned in my daily word list,
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the words I mentioned in point three.
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That way, not only are you learning the new words
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and learning what they mean,
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you're making sure they're fully integrated into your brain.
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And also doing this before you go to sleep will mean they stick in
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there even more.
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Then you can wake up in the morning,
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read what you wrote the night before,
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and you've got those words fresh in your head, ready for the day ahead.
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It's honestly such a fabulous technique because it builds your vocabulary,
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it improves your writing skills, it improves your reading skills,
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if you search the pronunciation of the word it will improve your pronunciation
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and your listening skills,
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and if you book in sessions with language teachers you can have them correct
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you writing.
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So every week you can bring them two fresh pages of writing for them
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to correct.
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Honestly, if you do this every day it will help you so much.
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Right, time for the last point.
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Point number five, the tip is to perform daily translations of subjects you are
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interested in.
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Now I now a lot of you want to stop translating
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and think in English,
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however, I think translation forms a very, very important part of language learning,
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especially when it's around something that you are interested in.
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It's really, really good to compare how things are said in different languages
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and translation helps you with
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that.
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In my opinion, the best way to practise your translation is absolutely free,
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which is fantastic, and it's right here on YouTube.
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Pick the YouTubers that you really, really like,
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the YouTubers that talk about subjects that you're interested in.
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Maybe it's photography, maybe it's technology, maybe it's pets, maybe it's makeup.
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You can actually contribute to subtitle translations.
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You may have seen
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that underneath all of my videos I have a link where I give the
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opportunity to contribute subtitle translations.
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So I write the subtitles in English
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and then you can write them in your own language.
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It's amazing because it helps my videos reach and help a wider audience.
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They also get their name displayed under the video which is really, really cool.
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And it helps their translating skills.
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You can translate videos from your native language into English,
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that would be a really good way to practise.
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But even translating English subtitles into your own native language is a really good
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reading and translation exercise.
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I will post a link with more information on community subtitle translations in the
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description box.
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Right, I have discussed all five points.
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I really hope you learned something. and also the information on subtitles.
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Don't forget to check out all of my social media, I've got my Facebook,
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I've got my Instagram and I've got my twitter,
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and I shall see you soon for another lesson. (muah) (beeping) Learning a language
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is like learning a musical ahhh.
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Soap-opera is a drama serial oh dear.
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Right, before I get too passionate let's move on to episode.
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Ha ha ha.
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They're an online database and platform of native blah, blah, blah.
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Online language teacher platform.
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All you have to do is click on the description in the link box.
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No that was wrong, dammit, I was doing so well. (upbeat music)
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